Remove Carpet Tack Without Damaging Concrete

I lifted nailed some carpet tack strips this way using a small pry bar.

Remove carpet tack without damaging concrete. That way you don t enlarge the hole. A lot of times i can just use the pliers to get the staples up but some staples are so close to the floor that i need to use the wonder tool to get them started. A very easy way to remove carpet tack strip from the basement concrete floor. This is me and my father removing a tack strip without damage to the concrete.

How to remove tack strips without chipping concrete tags. The strips are nailed to the. Once you have all of the tack strips up it is time to remove any staples on the floor from the carpet pad. If you decide to remove the carpet you must also pry up the tack strips which are held in place with nails.

Carpet tack strips are pieces of wood with small sharp nails sticking out of them that grip a carpet and hold it in place. When hammering in the other hammer tap lightly and make sure not to move the. Flooring stairs i want to replace carpet with ceramic tile but i can t seem to remove the tack strip nails without gouging out areas of. I love using the wonder tool and these pliers for this job.

I used a rubber mallet no steel hammers. How to cut carpet tack from concrete. The trick was to pull them out vertically. Its not that hard with these tips from clay king from aaa flood drying with 28.

If the floor is made of concrete you are left with unsightly holes along the perimeter of the room. They ll damage the pry bar to get the end of the bar underneath some of the strips.